But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy {l} name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

(l) As you are named merciful, gracious and long suffering, so show yourself in effect.

Wesley's Notes

109:21 Is good - Above the mercy of all the creatures.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

21, 22. do . for me-that is, kindness.

wounded-literally, "pierced" (Ps 69:16, 29).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

109:21-31 The psalmist takes God's comforts to himself, but in a very humble manner. He was troubled in mind. His body was wasted, and almost worn away. But it is better to have leanness in the body, while the soul prospers and is in health, than to have leanness in the soul, while the body is feasted. He was ridiculed and reproached by his enemies. But if God bless us, we need not care who curses us; for how can they curse whom God has not cursed; nay, whom he has blessed? He pleads God's glory, and the honour of his name. Save me, not according to my merit, for I pretend to none, but according to thy-mercy. He concludes with the joy of faith, in assurance that his present conflicts would end in triumphs. Let all that suffer according to the will of God, commit the keeping of their souls to him. Jesus, unjustly put to death, and now risen again, is an Advocate and Intercessor for his people, ever ready to appear on their behalf against a corrupt world, and the great accuser.